Think-Pair-Share: What does assessment and evaluation and grading mean to me/us?
Agree/Disagree (Thumbs Up/ Thumbs Down): Do you agree or disagree with the following quote? "We should be measuring what kids can do with knowledge, not how many right answers they can give to questions." Seymour Papert
In their book Effective Grading, Walvoord and Anderson (1998) offer six guidelines for creating assignments worth grading that are useful to keep in mind as you design your own assessments:
Begin by considering what you want your students to learn.
Select tests and assignments that both teach and test the learning you value most.
Construct a course outline that shows the nature and sequence of major tests and assignments.
Check that the tests and assignments fit your learning goals and are feasible in terms of workload.
Collaborate with your students to set and achieve goals.
Give students explicit directions for their assignments.
Independent or Partner Exploration: Explore FLAG and jot down a few treasures on your Sticky Notes to add to our Wiki National Institute of Science Education Field Tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG)
The FLAG offers classroom assessment techniques and tools for instructors who want to explore new approaches to evaluation/assessment. Each of these have been developed, tested, and refined in college and university classrooms.
Linking Objectives, learning activities and assessment: See the clear, concise chart on Assessment link from Deirdre Bonnycastle, University of Saskatchewan Medical Education Site.
Think-Pair-Share: What does assessment and evaluation and grading mean to me/us?
Agree/Disagree (Thumbs Up/ Thumbs Down): Do you agree or disagree with the following quote?
"We should be measuring what kids can do with knowledge, not how many right answers they can give to questions." Seymour Papert
In their book Effective Grading, Walvoord and Anderson (1998) offer six guidelines for creating assignments worth grading that are useful to keep in mind as you design your own assessments:
Independent or Partner Exploration: Explore FLAG and jot down a few treasures on your Sticky Notes to add to our Wiki
National Institute of Science Education Field Tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG)
The FLAG offers classroom assessment techniques and tools for instructors who want to explore new approaches to evaluation/assessment. Each of these have been developed, tested, and refined in college and university classrooms.
Classroom Assessment Techniques:
These are short, ungraded, in-class activities (such as Chain Notes, Minute Papers, Muddiest Point) used to provide feedback about your students' learning and to help students self-assess their learning.
Our very own...CTL Evaluation of Student Learning
National Teaching and Learning Forum
University of Hawaii Classroom Assessment Techniques
Linking Objectives, learning activities and assessment: See the clear, concise chart on Assessment link from Deirdre Bonnycastle, University of Saskatchewan Medical Education Site.
Evaluating Student Learning (Ohio State)
University of Maryland Teaching Resource Guide: An excellent pdf resource for many instructional strategies & assessment strategies
Rubrics: Here are a few online treasures...
Article: A Rubric for Scoring Postsecondary Academic Skills
Rubrics for Assessment
Rubric Template (from SanDiego University) - Create your own rubric using this template.
NEA Higher Education 'The Do-It-Yourself' Rubric'
Introduction to Rubrics - check out the collection of rubric samples (created by University of Alabama faculty) and rubric frameworks
Be sure to check the University of Regina's CTL (Centre for Teaching and Learning)website for more assessment strategies and resources.